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M. nBEsT, 'OFl CANTON,v ASSIGNOR ToV HIMSELF ,AND J. F. Hass AND BROTHER, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No., 79,438, dated June 30, 1868.

IMPROVED MACHINE POR FORMING BREAD-FANS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAYCONCERN;

Be it known tbatI, M. L.`BEST, of Canton, in the county of Star-k, and State o f Ohio, have invented new Y and useful Improvements in Machines'for Forming Bread-Pans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, reference being had to the accompahying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, of which drawingsf- Figure 1 is a plan of my improved machine. i i

Figure 2 is a sectional view,made by plane 17-2 of g. 1, the forming-plates being'shown in an erect position.

Figures 3, 5, and 7 are side view,plan, and sectional view of the principal forming-plate.

Figures 4 and 6 are side view and plan of the second forming-plate.

Figure 8 is aplanof the third forming-plate.

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of twoor more formingplates, which are hung unsuitable axes, and so combined with eachother that the turning up of4 the principal plate causes Ya simultaneousturning up of all the other plates, these plates together turning Aup the several sides 'of thepan at the-same time, (th e sheet metal of fwhich the pan is formed being held. in the proper position by suitable clamps,) whereby I greatly facilitate the manufacture of said'pans, and thereby'lessen their cost.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe'its construction and operation. I A

The Inain frame, K, of my machine is of the general form shown, havinfor a centre-block, D, and an outer rim,N, the centre-blockD being the lower'part of the press or clamps which hold the sheetnetal whilebeing formed intoa'pan. l

The dief'clainp E is of the same external size and shape as theinterior of the pan to be formed, and has an arm, AF, bywhieh itis pivoted, by a bolt, el, to arm C vofthe fra-me K, so that it can be turned up on said bolt as an axis, asshownby dotted lines F E Gr. i I v i The arm G is attached to the die-clamp E, as shown, when said die-clamp is down, as shown in figs. I and 2, ,it rests in a slot at the to'p of thearm a of the frame K, where it is secured by a clamp-lever, H, which is pivoted to the arm q, by the bolt b, and hasn slot, I, 'formed in it, which, when the lever is brought up to'an erect position, admits the end of tlie arm G, and clamps the die-clamp E on to theiblock D.'

The forming-plates A A C have the axesff, e e, h h, which work in boxes azz on the frame K, as shown,

said plates being so arranged that when lying down flat, as shown in fig,l 1,;their` upper faces are in the same plane as the upper face .of the block The.principal forming-plate, B, is made with the axes e e, cam-pieces k lc', and connecting-irons! Z z' z`, the whole being cast-togetherin the form shown. i

The socket M is-caston the lower side, and at the centre of the plate B, and in it is inserted the lever L, by which the plate'B is turnedfup'n'and down.

The second forinilng-platcaA A, are' made with the axes ff,`c amface n, connecting-irons m o, and notch p, the whole' being cast together in the form shown.' l

These plates A Aare arranged-with reference to'each other as shown in g. 1, the ends, t t, of the principal plate, B, tt't'ing'iutho notches p p of the plate AA, while the third forming-platefC, which is 'a plain plate, with aires h z audnotchess s, is arranged `with reference to the plates A A as shown, the ends, o v, of theI plates-.A A, fitting in the notchess s of theplateC.

The operation of the machine isas follows:

The sheet metal is cut out, of the proper size for making the pan, and '1s laid on the block D, as indicated by dotted redlines, the dic-clamp E being turned up, asshown by dotted Vlines in fig. 2, and the forming-plates B A A C lying-down hat, as shown in iig. 1. .The die-clamp E is then brought downen tothe sheet metal, and'rmlyclamped by the lever H.

The principal plate, B, is then turned up by. means of the level-L.l This turning up of. the plate B turns up the second plates, A A, through the action of thecam-faces lc k on the outer faces `of said plates A A, and this turning up of the plates A A causes the turning up of the third plete, C, through the action of the camfaces n n on the outer face of the plate'C. v

4'.lhis simultaneous turning up of the forming-plates causes a similarV turning up of the sides of the pan,

' and bends the surplus metal at the corners of the pan into lips, which standout from the pan in directions indicated by red arrows, the ends of the plates A A and B being so adjusted, with reference to `the plates C and AA, that when said plates are turned up there shall be a suiiicient space for the corner lips between the ends v v and t t of the plates A A and B, and the inside faces of the plates C and A A.

The pan having been thus formed, the plates B A A C are turned down, the clamp-Lever H is turned back, and the die-clamp E turned up, 'when the pan is easily removed, and the corner lips turned down on to the sides or ends of the pan `with a hammer.

It is easily seen, from this description', thatb if the sides of the pan were turned oil' square, instead of 'on a. bevel, as here shown, the notcheslpp and s s, in the plates A A and C, would not be needed, as the endsv t and ttof the plates A A and B would then be made square, instead of bevelled, as shown; and it is also readily seen that the same general construction of the plates may be applied to the forming of a pan with more than four sides,and also to the forming of a sheet-metal corner-piece, or a pan with a bottom and three sides,

-like the elevators in a grain-separator.

Having thus fully described my improved machine, I Wish it understood that I do not claim as my invention the principle of turning up the sides of sheet-metal vessels by means of plates turning in axes, as this has been done before; but v y What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The plate A, with cam-face n and connections m o, when constructed and used in connection with the. i

plate C, substantially in the manner' and. for the purpose herein specified.

2. The peculiararrangement and combination of the principal plate, B, with cam-faces k 7c and working; lever L, the plates A A, with cam-faces the plate C, the block D, and die-clamp E, the several parts being constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

3.' The peculiar arrangement and combination of the frame K with block D and arms a and c, the die-'clamp E with arms F and G, and the clamp-lever II 'with slot I, the several parts being arranged in the manner and for the purpose herein specied.

As evidence I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand in'prcscnce of two.witnesses, this 7th day of April, A. D. 1868.

Witnesses ED. N. BEEBOUT, Jon ABBOTT. 

